The Saratoga Sun -

Cure 'round the world

I thought I had beaten the flu season again this year. Last year I had one day where I had gotten the inklings of being under the weather and I dosed myself with vitamins and rest. It worked and I threw off whatever was knocking at my door. I think, in 15 months, I only missed one day of work due to illness. Many in my office have not been so lucky.

The last couple days of April came and I got slam dunked by the flu I had been reading and hearing about. My poor sister got crushed by this monster right after Christmas and took almost two months to recover. She developed infections from it,...